翡
fěi

kingfisher

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯls
Unicodebhiə̀i

說文解字

赤羽雀也。出鬱林。从羽非聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)